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pg and others have repeatedly said that persistence is a vital trait for a successful founder to have: http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html. My own experience is that persistence is extremely important. If I were to give you (I mean, your friend) advice, I would say that he needs to work his way up to being persistent for a lot longer than three weeks. Three years seems like a bare minimum. Having said that, maybe your friend can hack his own motivation system. For instance, he could sign a contract with somebody that says if he flakes out on a project, he has to pay some kind of penalty payment.